A couple of weeks ago I embarked on a journey to the Currier gallery of art. Myself and a few students from our class were on a mission to view the art they were displaying at the time. It was an interesting trip to say the least. When we entered the building I noticed a small cafe, my friends would not let me enjoy the Irish cream latte I wanted so bad. Anyway, back to our journey, we entered the museum and started to just look around, this was not my first time in a museum however I was extremely disappointed in this particular museum. This past summer I visited the Boston museum of fine art, Boston's museum was so much larger, I expected the Currier to smaller then Boston but I did not think they would be that small.
After looking at all of the art they had on display I chose to write about a very popular painting but a well-known artist. Pablo Picasso's "women seated in chair" this piece is known though out the whole wo
The painting was completed in 1941; it is created with oil on canvas. The museum acquired it in 1953 as an anonymous gift. The painting has a 3 dimensional look to it created by oil paint that is placed on in drops. The drops of oil stick out a little less then an inch from the surface. The choice of colors are complementary, they all work well,
Picasso is a more modern painter then what we studied until a few weeks ago, I feel Picasso really expresses him self in his work. All most all art is expressive, that is the idea however Picasso is one of the few I understand when I am looking at it.
It creates the visual effect that is appealing to the eye. The women in the painting was a women that would photograph for Picasso, she was working with him for ten years. The chair that the women are seated in presents a vertical aspect that coincides with the random lines from the red and green background.
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